Grants receivable represent qualifying costs incurred where there is reasonable assurance that the conditions of the grant have been met but the corresponding funds have not been received as of the reporting date. As collections from the federal government have been and are expected to continue to be timely, no allowance for doubtful accounts has been established. If amounts become uncollectible, they will be charged to operations. Grants receivable was $0.2 million at June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively. The Company recognizes invoiced government funds as an offset to research and development costs in the period the qualifying costs were incurred. Grants related to investments in property and equipment are recognized as a reduction to the cost basis of the underlying assets with an ongoing reduction to depreciation expense over the assets’ estimated useful lives.

On January 20, 2021, the DOE announced that the Company had been selected for award negotiation for a three-year project with a total budget of $4.5 million for the field demonstration of its selective leaching, targeted purification, and electro-chemical production of battery grade lithium hydroxide from domestic claystone resources technology. Through this grant award the Company was eligible to receive reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible expenditures, or up to $2.3 million. The prime agreement contract for this grant was issued with a project start date of October 1, 2021. The Company began receiving funds related to this award during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2026, this project has been completed and the contract closed with cumulative funds invoiced totaling $2.3 million, which represents 100% of the total eligible reimbursements.

On August 16, 2021, the Company received a contract award for a 30-month project with a total budget of $2.0 million from the USABC as part of a competitively bid project, through which the Company received reimbursement for up to $0.5 million of eligible expenditures. The objective of the contract award was for the commercial-scale development and demonstration of an integrated lithium-ion battery recycling system, the production of battery cathode grade metal products, the synthesis of high energy density active cathode material from these recycled battery metals, and the fabrication of large format automotive battery cells from these recycled materials and the testing of these cells against otherwise identical cells made from virgin sourced metals. The Company began receiving funds related to this award during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, and this contract award project concluded on September 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2026, this project has been completed and the contract closed with the cumulative funds invoiced and collected for this grant totaled $0.5 million, which represents 100% of the total eligible reimbursements.

On October 21, 2022, the DOE announced that the Company had been selected for award negotiation for a five-year project with a total budget of $115.5 million to design, construct, and commission a first-of-kind lithium hydroxide refinery using Nevada-based claystone as the feedstock to expand domestic manufacturing of battery grade lithium hydroxide for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, with a focus on domestic processing of materials and components that are currently imported from foreign countries. Through this grant award the Company was eligible to receive reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible expenditures, up to $57.7 million. The prime agreement contract for this grant was issued with a project start date of September 1, 2023. The Company began receiving funds related to this award during the period ending December 31, 2023. On October 9, 2025, the DOE notified the Company that the grant was terminated, effective as of the end of the budget period ending August 31, 2025. On October 10, 2025, the Company submitted an appeal of the termination and pursued informal dispute resolution remedies in connection with the termination of the grant. Over the following months, the Company and the DOE entered into a series of technical and commercial reviews of the performance of the project, culminating in a final review meeting in December 2025. After conclusion of the meeting, ABTC received notice from the DOE that the grant has been reinstated in its entirety, with no change to funds awarded or to technical and commercial milestones, and with an updated contracted project schedule to adjust for the time spent within the review process. As of June 30, 2026, the cumulative funds invoiced for this grant totaled $6.3 million, which represents 11% of the total eligible reimbursements. As of June 30, 2026, $0.1 million was an outstanding receivable on the consolidated balance sheet.

On November 17, 2022, the DOE announced that the Company had been selected for award negotiation for a three-year project with a total budget of $20.0 million to demonstrate and commercialize next generation techniques for its lithium-ion battery recycling processes to produce low-cost and low-environmental impact domestic battery materials. Through this grant award the Company is eligible to receive reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible expenditures, up to $10.0 million. The prime agreement contract for this grant was issued with a project start date of October 1, 2023. The Company began receiving funds related to this award during the period ending December 31, 2023. As of June 30, 2026, the cumulative funds invoiced and collected for this grant totaled $2.7 million, which represents 27% of the total eligible reimbursements.

On March 28, 2024, ABTC was selected for a tax credit for up to $19.5 million through the 48C program. This tax credit was granted by the U.S. Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service following a competitive technical and economic review process performed by the U.S. DOE, which evaluated the feasibility of applicant facilities to advance America’s buildout of globally competitive critical material recycling, processing, and refining infrastructure. This tax credit may be utilized both for the reimbursement of capital expenditures spent to date and also future capital expenditures at ABTC’s battery recycling facility in the TRIC in Storey County, Nevada. As of June 30, 2026, the Company has incurred qualifying expenditures for this tax credit but will not recognize any amounts until it has reasonable assurance of compliance with the relevant standards.

Also on March 28, 2024, ABTC was selected for an additional tax credit of up to $40.5 million through the 48C program, which may be used in support of the design and construction of a new commercial battery recycling facility to be located in the United States. As of June 30, 2026, the Company has not incurred any qualifying expenditure toward this tax credit.

On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced that the Company had been selected for award negotiations for a competitive grant in connection with the construction of a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility. The project had a total budget of $375 million, and the Company was initially selected to negotiate a DOE grant of up to $150.0 million, with reimbursement of up to 40% of eligible expenditures, subject to applicable terms and conditions. On December 18, 2024, the Company received a contracted grant award providing for $143.6 million of federal investment by the DOE, of which $6.4 million was awarded directly to the Company’s subcontractor, Argonne National Laboratory (“Argonne”),. The Company began receiving funds related to this award during the period ending March 31, 2025. As of June 30, 2026, the cumulative funds invoiced and collected for this grant totaled $1.7 million, which represents 1% of the total eligible reimbursements.

The table below summarizes the effects of government grants on the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30:

Schedule of Effects of Government Grants